Caracterización de la fuente lítica Jagüelito, Pampa de Canota (Mendoza, Argentina)
This paper presents a characterization of the Jagüelito quarry–workshop, located near the Pampa de Canota (northwestern Mendoza, Argentina). The exploitation of this source is discussed within a framework of technological organization and lithic production systems. Raw materials are characterized wi...
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Facultad de Filosofía y Letras, Universidad Nacional de Cuyo
2022
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| Acceso en línea: | https://revistas.uncu.edu.ar/ojs3/index.php/analarqueyetno/article/view/5611 |
| Sumario: | This paper presents a characterization of the Jagüelito quarry–workshop, located near the Pampa de Canota (northwestern Mendoza, Argentina). The exploitation of this source is discussed within a framework of technological organization and lithic production systems. Raw materials are characterized with macroscopic and petrographic analysis. A general characterization of the sample (n=85) was carried out that took into account aspects such as raw material, size, weight, and the reduction sequence. The available stones have a porphyritic structure (rhyolites/dacites) and five subtypes were identified. The results show that the initial stages of knapping were carried out at the source and expedient artifacts were discarded. Material selection and initial preparation may have involved transporting lithic material as well as making and discarding tools at other sites in the region. The analysis of this material from the source and the data from regional sites suggest that people employed expedient and conservative technological strategies. Although all the reduction stages are represented at the source, this source has been recorded at other sites. This shows that, in many cases, the reduction sequence continued and ended elsewhere, where these raw materials were integrated into lithic production sequences. |
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